NASW student members looking for great internships — or news and science organizations looking for top interns — should plan to attend the 2018 NASW Internship Fair.

Feb102017

Congratulations to this year's NASW Travel Fellows. These 10 undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds and educational institutions were selected by the NASW Education Committee to attend this year's AAAS annual meeting Feb. 16-20, in Boston. Each fellow will receive up to $1,000 to assist with travel. Fellows will each write a story for publication on the NASW website, and participate in the NASW mentoring program and NASW internship fair.

Jan312017

The National Association of Science Writers (NASW) will again sponsor several exciting programs for student journalists during the AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston, February 16-20. We are re-sending this note to remind you of the available programs.

Jan52017

You might think that these would be hard times for recent journalism graduates, with the industry's constant churn, but Al Tompkins finds contrary evidence in interviews with graduating seniors: "Every student said they are well-aware that they won't make much money, at least for a while, and they are prepared to adjust their lives to that reality if they can be a journalist. Several said they grew up modestly, so not having much money would be no big adjustment."

Oct202016

NASW student members looking for great internships, or news and science organizations looking for top interns, should plan to attend the 2017 NASW Internship Fair. The fair will be held 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, at the 2017 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting in Boston.

Aug312016

Elite Truong offers advice for making the transition from full-time employment to freelancing: "Since freelancers don’t have a salary that includes annual pay and benefits, they need to charge what their time and experience is worth. Getting to your own baseline amount depends on many things. What is the estimated amount of effort, reporting and time that will go into this piece? How does that translate to your previous freelance experience, and how much is that worth?"

Aug192016

Gabriela Pereira writes that many writers who seek an MFA degree do so for the wrong reasons: "Most writers want an MFA for one of three reasons: They want to teach writing, they want to get published, or they want to make room in their life for writing. It turns out these reasons for doing an MFA are actually based on myths." He goes on to discuss what an MFA can really do for a writer, and how you can build a do-it-yourself MFA via reading, writing, and networking.

Mar172016

Graduation season is here and that means torrents of journalism resumes are going out. Kristen Hare offers ten tips for keeping your application on track, such as: "We love some good journalism quotes, trust us. But what does that lovely quote have to do with you? We don't want to see that you have a firm grasp of cliches with that 'In the words of the great ...' lead. We want to see who you are and what you think." Plus tips from hiring editors.